Mexico faces the risk of receiving thousands of tons of contaminated and dirty plastics, mainly from the United States.
This is due to the decision of the Chinese government to close its borders to this type of waste, said Marisa Jacott, director of Common Borders and the “Burn Rubbish Kill” campaign.
The risk arises because the global plastic recycling industry is looking for new markets and because Mexico has not signed the amendment of the Basel Convention for the control of the transboundary movement of waste.
This agreement aims to clean the international trade of these wastes and reduce damage . . .
